#73AEFA#73AEFA

#73AEFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEFA
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 2.10, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 43.62, 272.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0322 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.127 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4556, 40.8159, 96.2230)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEFA #FABF73

analogous

#73F1FA #73AEFA #7C73FA

triadic

#73AEFA #FA73AE #AEFA73

tetradic

#73AEFA #FA73F1 #FABF73 #73FA7C

square

#73AEFA #FA73F1 #FABF73 #73FA7C

split-complementary

#73AEFA #FA7C73 #F1FA73

monochromatic

#086BEA #388CF8 #73AEFA #AED0FC #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#73AEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#73AEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEFA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEFA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB2FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fc',
    500: '#73aefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aefa;
$custom-light: #a3c5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.778,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEFA

secondary

#F6E7D3

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEFA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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